Tag Archives: Search engines

Before August, I mainly used the Internet for entertainment. I would spend hours on Tumblr, browse through my news feed on Facebook, and update my followers on Twitter about my whereabouts. Although I still waste time on social media, over … Continue reading →

By MIRAISY RODRIGUEZ Journalists, lawyers, and just about everyone else looking through the World Wide Web for information could spend hours sorting through the thousands of links produced by popular search engines. A recent article printed in the American Bar … Continue reading →

By SHARON FRAJLICH Searches powered by Microsoft seem to be catching up rather quickly to Google. According to numbers gathered by Experian Hitwise and comScore, Microsoft gained 30.01 percent of the U.S. search market in March, with 14.32 percent from … Continue reading →

By JOE CERVONE When it comes to having our questions answered on the internet, all too often we rely on websites like Answers.com, Yahoo Answers or the recently retired Google Answers, where our responses come from strangers or anonymous sources. … Continue reading →

We’ve all been prone to do it. When perusing our Facebook friend’s profile pictures, status updates and wall posts, we’ve all at one time or another clicked that little “Like” button. While our “Like” may display our enjoyment and concurrence to … Continue reading →

By JOE CERVONE Google’s acquisition of the group text-messaging website Disco has allowed the popular search engine website to further enter the market of smart phones’ and their applications. Accessible for free, Disco allows users to sign up using a … Continue reading →

By JAMIE N. STEPHENS Alltop.com answers the hard-hitting questions that interest the world. What separates Alltop from your average search engine is that the site goes further in depth to answer your detailed questions. For example, where a normal search … Continue reading →

By SHARON FRAJLICH After the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti, Google, the mega search-engine we all know and love, created the Person Finder with the U.S. Department of State. Now Person Finder is being used to help victims of the … Continue reading →

By JOE CERVONE Tired of searching through books and magazines to find the perfect recipe for a new culinary dish? Thanks to the new recipe search engine Foodily, those days of blindly searching are finally over. Foodily, a name abbreviated … Continue reading →

By SHARON FRAJICH Let’s face it: We base the majority of our opinions from just using our sense of sight. We hate to admit our superficiality, but in reality, we do judge books by their covers before even attempting to … Continue reading →

By JAMIE STEPHENS Could Spokeo.com be the new era of investigative reporting? While some say Spokeo is a hazardous and invasive new website that compromises privacy rules for citizens all over the nation, others (especially news reporters) may argue that … Continue reading →

By DEBORA RUBI iTools, much like the reporter desktop profiled in another blog entry earlier this fall, provides access to many of the Internet tools on easily navigated page. The page beings with the most basic of functions through a … Continue reading →

By KELLY BURNS It’s easy to search in Google or Yahoo when trying to find information on a particular topic or event. However, with millions of different websites available, it can be hard to find ones that are accurate and … Continue reading →